BEIJING: The balloon sighted in Latin America is from China and is for civilian purposes, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday (Feb 6), after a similar device was shot down by the United States over the weekend. The Pentagon said Friday that a second suspected Chinese spy balloonContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Subang Airport is set to be redeveloped into a premium city airport and aviation hub after the Cabinet approved of plans for its rejuvenation last week. Transport Minister Anthony Loke on Monday (Feb 6) said that the redevelopment works under the Subang Airport Regeneration Plan (SARP) willContinue Reading
HONG KONG: Tens of thousands of travellers commuted between mainland China and its special administrative region of Hong Kong on Monday (Feb 6), authorities said, the first time in three years that all border checkpoints were reopened fully without COVID-19 restrictions. China announced last week that cross border travel betweenContinue Reading
TAIPEI: A senior leader of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s main opposition party, will visit China this week and meet its top Taiwan policymaker, the party said on Monday (Feb 6), amid continued military and political tensions between the two sides. China has over the past three years ramped up pressureContinue Reading
More than a decade after Cambodia banned inter-country adoption over human trafficking and corruption allegations, Italy is inching closer to resuming the practice amidst widespread concerns about lack of adequate child protection measures
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BEIJING: A US decision to shoot down a Chinese balloon that Beijing claimed had veered off course has “seriously impacted and damaged” relations between the two countries, China’s foreign ministry said Monday (Feb 6). The aircraft, which Washington said was a spy balloon, had spent several days flying over NorthContinue Reading
Their stated aim was to win a majority in the city’s partially elected legislature, which would allow them to veto budgets and potentially force the resignation of Hong Kong’s leader. That vote was ultimately scrapped and Beijing installed a new political system that strictly vets who can stand for office.Continue Reading
SWEEP UNDER RUG Collin Koh, a security fellow at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, predicted China would continue to respond vigorously to US military reconnaissance patrols but stop short of confrontation. Even in calmer moments, Chinese forces actively shadow US military patrols, particularly at sea, amid tensions overContinue Reading
BEIJING: A highway pile-up in central China has killed 16 people and injured dozens, authorities said Sunday (Feb 5), with footage aired on local media showing burning trucks and smashed cars. Nearly 50 vehicles were involved in multiple collisions along a highway in Hunan province within the span of 10Continue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf, 79, has died after a prolonged illness at a hospital in Dubai after spending years in self-imposed exile, Pakistani local media reported on Sunday (Feb 5). Musharraf, the four-star general who ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade after seizing power in a bloodless coup inContinue Reading